Given name

Kaelah

Kaelah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Kaelah isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Kaelah through the years

Babies since 1880
550
0 boys · 550 girls
Most popular year
2002
38 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−100%
Cooling
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Kaelah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1985–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 468 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Kaelah’s family of names

Kaelah has a related form in Kaila.

Walk Kaelah’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Kaelah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Kaidra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kiyanah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kenah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Thaila

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kaitin

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Keilah

“a lively and bright-headed woman”

27RareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Arpa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Canela

Canela is a feminine given name. It is used in Spanish.

11Very rare

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Kaelah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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